US 11,687,884 B2
Device and method for facilitating recycling
Vincent Pham, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,107.
Application 17/847,107 is a continuation of application No. 16/204,341, filed on Nov. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0327501 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [G06K 7/0004 (2013.01); G07F 19/21 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for facilitating recycling of a card via a recycling receptacle, the method comprising:
receiving the card at the recycling receptacle, the card comprising a substrate and a first data portion;
receiving, from an image capture device of the recycling receptacle, image data associated with the card;
automatically identifying, based at least in part on the image data, a first location on the substrate associated with the first data portion;
outputting instructions for a separating device of the recycling receptacle to remove the first data portion from the substrate such that the substrate remains substantially intact;
determining that the material of the substrate matches a material associated with a third bin of the recycling receptacle; and
outputting instructions to transport the removed first data portion to a first bin of the recycling receptacle and transport the substrate to the third bin.